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  THE 
  VEETEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  United 
  Kingdom 
  to 
  the 
  other." 
  Edward 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  Numbers 
  

   appearing 
  annually." 
  Day 
  observes: 
  "In 
  Great 
  Britain 
  this 
  

   fish 
  has 
  a 
  range 
  from 
  one 
  extremity 
  to 
  the 
  other, 
  abounding 
  

   especially 
  along 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  western 
  coasts, 
  but 
  decreas- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  numbers 
  as 
  we 
  go 
  north." 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  abundant 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast, 
  and 
  is 
  taken 
  

   in 
  numbers 
  by 
  line-fishermen 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  months, 
  and 
  

   known 
  by 
  them 
  as 
  Perch 
  or 
  Sea 
  Perch. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  caught 
  

   by 
  trawl 
  throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  It 
  is 
  inferior 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  

   of 
  food. 
  

  

  Pagellus 
  bogaraveo, 
  Cuv. 
  and 
  Vol. 
  Spanish 
  Bream. 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl 
  six 
  miles 
  off 
  Tod 
  Head, 
  Kincar- 
  

   dineshire, 
  December 
  3rd, 
  1901, 
  and 
  brought 
  into 
  Aberdeen 
  

   Market, 
  where 
  I 
  found 
  it. 
  

  

  Another 
  was 
  obtained 
  twelve 
  to 
  fourteen 
  miles 
  off 
  Aber- 
  

   deen, 
  January 
  31st, 
  1903, 
  and 
  kindly 
  presented 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Thomas 
  Davidson, 
  fish-salesman. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  in 
  

   Day's 
  figure 
  the 
  ventral 
  fins 
  look 
  as 
  if 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  cut 
  

   straight 
  across, 
  whereas 
  the 
  outer 
  extremity 
  is 
  pointed 
  and 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  inner. 
  

  

  Pagellus 
  owenii, 
  Gunther. 
  Axillary 
  Bream. 
  

  

  "A 
  specimen 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  in 
  a 
  salmon 
  

   net, 
  near 
  Musselburgh, 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  July. 
  A 
  few 
  

   days 
  after 
  a 
  second 
  specimen 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  

   It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Fauna, 
  since 
  no 
  

   instance 
  has 
  hitherto 
  been 
  recorded 
  of 
  its 
  occurrence 
  on 
  the 
  

   coast 
  of 
  Britain." 
  (Parnell.) 
  Thus 
  the 
  matter 
  rests 
  till 
  the 
  

   present 
  day. 
  

  

  Pagellus 
  erythrinus, 
  Cuv. 
  Pandora. 
  King 
  of 
  the 
  Breams. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  it 
  once, 
  where 
  a 
  fine 
  

   specimen, 
  nineteen 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  was 
  captured 
  in 
  a 
  salmon 
  

   net 
  near 
  Musselburgh." 
  (Parnell.) 
  

  

  